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Elko County Facts

Census Statistics

	Elko County	Nevada
Population, 2003 estimate	44,094	2,241,154
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-2.6%	12.2%
Population, 2000	45,291	1,998,257
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	35.3%	66.3%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.5%	7.3%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	32.5%	25.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	5.9%	11.0%
Female persons, percent, 2000	47.9%	49.1%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	82.0%	75.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.6%	6.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	5.3%	1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.7%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	0.4%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	8.5%	8.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.8%	3.8%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	19.7%	19.7%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	72.4%	65.2%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	47.6%	37.4%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	10.2%	15.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	20.0%	23.1%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	79.1%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.8%	18.2%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	6,635	375,910
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.2	23.3?
Housing units, 2002	18,732	901,597
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.9%	60.9%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	16.1%	32.2%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$123,100	$142,000?
Households, 2000	15,638	751,165
Persons per household, 2000	2.85	2.62
Median household income, 1999	$48,383	$44,581
Per capita money income, 1999	$18,482	$21,989
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.9%	10.5%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	978	48,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	16,227	916,981
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.6%	1.6%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,005	113,744
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	NA	6,361,782
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	426,801	18,220,790
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,369	$10,874
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	8.1%	11.7%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.0%	25.7%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	70	35,615
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	144,085	10,736,904
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	17,179	109,826
Persons per square mile, 2000	2.6	18.2
Metropolitan Area	None	?
FIPS Code	007	32

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